What happened on August 21 ?

1165 - King Philip II of France (d. 1223)

1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)

1567 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)

1597 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)

1660 - Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)

1665 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)

1670 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)

1725 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)

1754 - William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)

1754 - Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)

1765 - William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)

1789 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)

1801 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876)

1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)

1813 - Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)

1816 - Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)

1826 - Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)

1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (d. 1898)

1904 - William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (d. 1984)

1906 - Friz Freleng, American movie animator (d. 1995)

1908 - M. M. Kaye, British writer (d. 2004)

1915 - Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998)

1924 - Jack Buck, American sports announcer (d. 2002)

1924 - Chris Schenkel, American sports journalist (d. 2005)

1924 - Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)

1925 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)

1925 - Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina

1928 - Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999)

1930 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)

1932 - Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter

1933 - Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano

1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)

1938 - Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor

1939 - James Burton, American guitarist

1939 - Clarence Williams III, American actor

1944 - Jackie DeShannon, American singer

1944 - Peter Weir, Australian film director

1950 - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer

1951 - Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

1952 - Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)

1954 - Ivan Stang, American writer

1956 - Kim Cattrall, English-born actress

1959 - Jim McMahon, American football player

1961 - David Morales, American disc jockey

1962 - Jeff Stryker, American actor

1963 - King Mohammed VI of Morocco

1964 - Trinity Loren, American actress and model (d. 1998)

1967 - Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress

1967 - Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born singer (System of a Down)

1969 - Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater

1970 - Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist

1971 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)

1978 - Reuben Droughns, American football player

1978 - Jason Marquis, American baseball player

1978 - Alan Lee, Irish footballer

1980 - Burney Lamar, American race car driver

1983 - Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider

1983 - Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality

1984 - Alizée, French singer

1988 - Paris Bennett, American Idol contestant

1991 - Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress